PENGASSAN To Stop Casualisation In Oil Industry

The Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria says it will ensure casualisation in the oil and gas sector is reduced to a minimum.

According to NAN report, the PENGASSAN President, Festus Osifo, revealed this at a media parley with journalists in Lagos.

He also sent a message to its members congratulating them on International Workers Day 2022, an annual event held on May 1.

Osifo says, “For us, we are discussing with the Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas workers to have a workshop, where we will bring all the stakeholders together.

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“Also, where we will have an interactive session and where we come up with a communique that is implementable, with action plan on how we will further address the issue of casualisation.”

“the first step to addressing casualisation in the industry would be to unionise the workers and also involve the task of advocating for such workers will become easier to manage.”

He added, “One of the major things we are doing today is to ensure that every worker in Nigeria’s oil and gas industries is unionised, because we also recognise that even if you are contract staff, you are better off when you come under the umbrella of PENGASSAN and NUPENG.

“However, your cases can be properly managed and your courses can be adequately championed. PENGASSAN and NUPENG are collaborating in that front to ensure that we reduce the issues of casualisation to the barest minimum.”

The PENGASSAN boss decried the insecurity in the country, citing the attack on the Abuja-Kaduna train on March 28 and reiterating the need for government to decentralise the police system.

He states that if insecurity is not properly addressed, it can lead to many challenges that will also affect the 2023 general elections.